Celia Herrera Rodriguez (born November 26, 1952, in Sacramento, California[1]) is an educator, painter, and performance and installation artist.[2]

Biography

Rodriguez is originally from Sacramento, California and she was born on November 26, 1952.[3] She has taught programs including Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for seventeen years.[4] She has also been an Adjunct Professor in the Diversity Studies program at California College for the Arts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Herrera Rodriguez is also the co-founder and co-director of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Practice at UCSB, where she teaches Chicana[x] Art History and Studio Practice in the Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies.[5]

Education

Rodriguez received her B.A. in Art and Ethnic Studies from CSU-Sacramento. She also received her M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She went on to study Art History, in 1987, Theory and Criticism at the Art Institute of Chicago.[6]

Artworks

Un rezo en cuatro caminos

This work was originated presented in III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004.[7] Its title means " A Prayer on Four Roads".

The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea

This production was created by Cherrie Moraga in 2005, with Herrera Rodriguez creating the set and costume concepts.[8]

A Prayer to the Mother Waters for Peace

The multimedia performance was created in 2006 and presented at the Glass Curtain Gallery, in Chicago, Illinois.[9]

Exhibitions

  • 2006- Sola, pero bien acompañada: III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004[10]
  • 2010- La Semilla Caminante : Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco

Collections

  • The Triton Museum, Santa Clara
  • Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College of Chicago
  • CN Gorman Museum, UC-Davis
  • The DeSaisset Museum at Santa Clara University
  • The Institute of American Indian Art Museum in Santa Fe
  • The Oakland Museum of California
  • Tufts University Gallery
  • The Mexican Museum of San Francisco
  • Name Gallery in Chicago

Publications

Her series of artworks was published in 2011, in a collection of essays by Cherrie Moraga: “Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Writing 2000- 2010". Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press , 2005[11]

Bibliography

  1. Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press , 2005
  2. Casiano, Catherine, and Elizabeth C. Ramirez. “La Voz Latina.” Google Books, University of Illinois Press, 2011
  3. Moraga, Cherríe, and Celia H. Rodriguez. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000-2010. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.
  4. Perez, Laura E. “Chicana Art.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2007

References

  1. ↑ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ramírez, Elizabeth C.; Casiano, Catherine (2011). La Voz Latina. ISBN 9780252036224. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Galería de la Raza: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". www.galeriadelaraza.org. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bio – Celia Herrera Rodriguez". Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Hungry Woman… A Mexican – Celia Herrera Rodriguez". Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Celia Herrera Rodriguez - Prayer to Mother Waters for Peace (2006)". celiahrodriguez.turnpiece.net. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Drawings by Celia Herrera Rodríguez | A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 | Books Gateway | Duke University Press". read.dukeupress.edu. May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  • Latino Art Community : Celia Herrera Rodriguez
  • Celia Herrera Rodriguez Profile
  • Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago
  • Galeria De La Raza
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